Re: RetroPC_King's Socket 754 Systems (2023 update)

Posted on 2023-09-25, 06:19

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It's close to what I had back then. My system was a bit newer (s939 based) but really similar. - MSI K8n-neo2 platinum - A64 3000+ - Radeon 9600 XT I later upgraded the system with better ram, overclocked the CPU and swapped the Radeon with a GeForce 7600 GS AGP. I used this system up to the …

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Re: BIOS for Diamond Viper V770 Ultra video card

Posted on 2023-09-21, 22:23

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Hi I will give it another try, but only in about one week or two. I, more or less, paused all my retro activities (testing especially) because i have an exam late September It's difficult to find time to study as a mid 30's adult with work, kids and family. I'm sure i will be able to dump it …

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Re: Picking a sound card (or two ?) to use along with a SC-55

Posted on 2023-09-18, 07:58

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I'd also recommend an ESS. I adore the ESS in my machine, but more importantly in this case, it works flawlessly with midi. The 1868 is an excellent choice, I have a 1888 which is only slightly different. Thanks ! I will test this setup and update the post after testing... soon i hope. Not much …

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Re: Picking a sound card (or two ?) to use along with a SC-55

Posted on 2023-09-15, 09:37

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als100 non-plus with a yamaha or unlicensed clone is probably what you want...could replace the sb16 entirely if you find a quiet one. they're not too hard to find. this one is up for sale right now for $25 buy it now: s-l1600.jpg i run an ess688 with a yamaha opl3 which is similar to the als100 ( …

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Re: BIOS for Diamond Viper V770 Ultra video card

Posted on 2023-09-15, 07:46

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Still looking for a good ol' NVFlash BIOS dump, if anybody has it... Hi I will give it another try, but only in about one week or two. I, more or less, paused all my retro activities (testing especially) because i have an exam late September It's difficult to find time to study as a mid 30's adult …

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Re: Picking a sound card (or two ?) to use along with a SC-55

Posted on 2023-09-14, 19:54

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I'm a bit confused as to the height requirements. You mention you have a SB16 CT2290 , which is a pretty big card, but an AWE64 won't fit? The AWE64 should be the same height as an SB16 CT2290. It's more the height above the ISA bracket that causes my problem. It's a quite thin and compact desktop …

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Re: Picking a sound card (or two ?) to use along with a SC-55

Posted on 2023-09-14, 13:14

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The easiest solution would be to add one of your ES1868 cards to that system. As long as you configure both cards to use different resources, you won't have any problems. You can use the ESS card for MPU-401 duties and the SB16 for the rest, if you so prefer. Additionally, some older "talkie" …

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Picking a sound card (or two ?) to use along with a SC-55

Posted on 2023-09-14, 10:18

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Hi I recently extended my retro interest to sound cards for DOS and i have some questions about upgrading my current setup. I will soon receive my SC-55 and i'm preparing my setup for it. It's a late Dos/Windows 95 system. MMX233 downclocked to ~150Mhz (to help with speed sensitive games along with …

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Re: Hercules Radeon 9700 Pro: weird output

Posted on 2023-09-12, 18:59

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Unfortunately it's a common sight on 9700 Pro. I've had 4 of them... 3 were like yours.

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Re: GPU recommendations for Pentium 3 600mhz

Posted on 2023-09-12, 18:53

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I'm suggesting a GeForce too. If your PIII 600 have a 100Mhz and if you want to overclock it to 133 x 6… then the AGP freq will be overclocked too on 440BX And Nvidia cards tend to be more tolerant to increased AGP freqs.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-09-12, 06:28

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This weekend, the main French classifieds site offered 0.99€ shipping for everything. This occurs 2 or 3 times every years, and this generally brings good stuff because sellers are posting a lot of new ads. Do they subsidize couriers/post, or do they run own chain of last mile parcel lockers? They …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-09-11, 15:00

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This weekend, the main French classifieds site offered 0.99€ shipping for everything. This occurs 2 or 3 times every years, and this generally brings good stuff because sellers are posting a lot of new ads. But also, buying is more competitive :D So instead of listing what i actually managed to grab …

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Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware

Posted on 2023-09-10, 16:37

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Yeah I dont get it either, they have a setup for sale with that Special ASUS board that takes the dual socket 8 CPUs, also has dual Pentium Pro ODs up as well. Going to watch what they go for the sale prices are really weird. And who in hell is paying 470 dollars for a Matrox Mystique with ram …

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Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware

Posted on 2023-09-08, 07:51

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Speculative execution : make statistics (really basic ones) on code branching. For example : "the last 3 times i evaluated this condition, it was "true" so i will assume this will be true again". This allow the CPU to fill the pipeline with the code of the "true" branch. Without speculative …

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Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware

Posted on 2023-09-07, 07:53

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I mean, is there anything special or unique about that model that makes people want it? Like, is there something that makes that model desirable or high priced? They were more advanced than Pentium internally. Closer to Pentium Pro. Speculative execution : make statistics (really basic ones) on …

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Re: A Kick-Ass Dual 3.8GHz NetBurst Xeon Build

Posted on 2023-09-07, 07:29

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I saw that documentation too, but assumed that Tyan would be stating the truth as to how much RAM the system can accommodate. (They stated 32GB, which hadn’t been validated at the time of the board’s release.) I don’t want to waste money on this for no reason, so if any doubt exists, then there is …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-09-06, 15:03

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Warranty replacements can have unexpected consequences. Back in 2005, GE had an issue with some of their refrigerators where the insulation in the doors was too thin. Condensation would build up and freeze in the insulation, and the insulation's R value would drop; their solution was to send …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-09-06, 11:40

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Someone here probably has an old receipt from something 30 years old. I'd love to see how a company would handle that. In the age of social media, they might even compensate them some other way for the publicity. For example, "we don't have any replacement Voodoos any more, so how about a new GPU …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-09-05, 19:47

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3DFX Voodoo2 - STB Black Magic 3D 12MB PCI (Boxed) (1998) https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1600x1200q70/924/BAgsyt.jpg I wanted to point out that this STB Voodoo 2 seems covered by a "lifetime warranty". Since STB was bought by 3dfx which in turn was bought by nVidia, I guess you would need to …

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Re: Dual Pentium 133: what to use it for?

Posted on 2023-09-05, 16:25

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Games... Why does every computer build come down to games? What games can it play and how well? Yes, games and music mostly. But i can't think of someone being nostalgic about Borland C++ Builder, Citrix MetaFrame or MS Works. IE 5.5/Netscape Navigator, Java Applets, Popups from hell over a V.92 …

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